Chapter 278 Pear Blossom Alley
Rumors suddenly spread in the factory.
It usually ferments and spreads from the cafeteria.
Zhao Liren, who was having breakfast in the cafeteria, was munching on coarse grain steamed buns with boiled water and chewing the free pickles with a crunching sound.
This period of time was the most relaxing time for her since she came into this world, and she didn't have to worry all the time.
"Have you heard about the transport convoy tragedy?"
"I've known about this for a long time. I said before the New Year that this must be true. Look, the police station will definitely come to the factory to arrest people in a few days."
"It's such a pity for Comrade Shui Ling. Why would she cheat on a man when she was married? I heard she died before she was 20 years old."
"When her husband is not at home, she will not hire anyone, but there are plenty of people who will hire her. She has to endure it even if she has to go through a lot of trouble before leaving."
"We can't say this to anyone else. We can only talk about it in private. Be careful of retaliation."
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Zhao Liren glanced at the people at the table beside her. Their voices were like loudspeakers. Did they treat her as if she didn't exist?
Don’t tell anyone?
She heard it clearly anyway.
Not knowing who they were talking about specifically, Zhao Liren returned to the transport team after breakfast and started cleaning the parking lot with a broom.
The parking lot is the size of a football field, and it takes two hours for two people to sweep the floor at the same time.
After cleaning, I have to go back to the logistics department to sweep the stairs.
But fortunately it’s just a two-story building.
While working, Zhao Liren was thinking of ways to earn food receipts.
She had been living a rather poor life these days, earning ten yuan a month as a temporary worker, but had no food receipts.
You can't eat without a receipt.
The food coupons Zhao's mother gave her had long been used up, and the food coupons she used now were exchanged for candy with her roommates in the dormitory.
This road won’t last long, and her roommate can’t always exchange candies with her.
When food is scarce, how many people would exchange scarce food coupons for sugar?
It would be good to change it once a month.
She didn't dare take out too much candy and exchange it with others as it might cause problems.
I couldn't think of any solution or way out while staying in the transport team.
Zhao Liren decided to go for a walk on the street in the afternoon when she had time, to relax and perhaps come up with new ideas.
As for what Zhao's mother said about finding a rich husband, Zhao Liren completely forgot about it.
After delivering the goods, Zhao Sheng returned to the family compound to pick up some clothes, rode his bicycle with a large bag of things he brought back from the mountains, and headed straight for Lihua Lane.
He went into the yard and gave the things in the bag to his cousin's wife, asking her to make bone soup for Lin Yiyi.
The remaining wild boar meat can be used as a side dish as needed.
As for the tied live pheasant, just keep it for a few days and stew it when Lin Yiyi wants to drink chicken soup.
After Zhao Sheng finished speaking, he grabbed the basin of water held by his nephew Damao and washed his hands, face, and feet.
Go into the house, take off your clothes and go to bed.
I was so tired after helping out in the mountains all night without any sleep.
Damao's second uncle robbed him of the hot water he had prepared for washing his face. Damao was angry but could not say anything, so he ordered his younger brother Ermao to fetch more water.
The two brothers packed their bags and Tian Meiling also put the pork in place and soaked the bones in water to remove the blood. She planned to make soup when she came back at noon after finishing her work.
Tian Meiling took her son to Ze County Primary School and asked her cousin Tian Meihui to help with the admission.
Because Damao and Ermao now have urban household registration, the procedures were completed very quickly, and they just reported to school a few days later than other students.
Da Mao was in the second grade at the age of nine, and Er Mao was in the first grade at the age of seven and a half.
After paying the tuition and receiving the textbooks, the two children were kept in school to attend classes.
Looking at the route map her husband drew for her, Tian Meiling quickly found the city center.
In fact, she had been to Ze County before she got married, but it had been too long since then.
Tian Meiling is from Zhaojia Town. Her brother needs a dowry to marry a wife, and he also has to spend money to buy a job.
Her parents arranged for her to marry Zhao Jun in 1965, just after the Great Famine. The Zhao family was willing to pay a dowry of 18 yuan plus two bags of grain.
The marriage came naturally.
She also settled in Zhaojiatun and became a country wife.
Farm work in the countryside is hard, but Zhao Jun treats her well and they can live a decent life.
But in her heart she always wanted to go back to the city to live again, and it was this idea that kept her going, and now she has returned as she wished.
Thinking about what her husband had said to her, Tian Meiling felt happy that she could save money for two years to buy her a job.
The couple had a common goal of saving money, and Tian Meiling was willing to help Lin Yiyi with laundry and cooking and get paid for it.
Not having to work hard in the fields and getting eight dollars for doing some easy work is simply a pie in the sky.
Follow the route map to find grocery stores, department stores, supply and marketing cooperatives, farmers' markets, cinemas, restaurants, and hospitals.
After becoming familiar with the route, Tian Meiling returned to Lihua Alley.
Seeing that there was no movement in the house, he began to tidy up the half-meter vegetable garden surrounding the wall.
Turn over the soil, loosen the soil, and pour urine.
I plan to sow vegetable seeds in two days when the weather gets warmer, including scallions, cowpeas, loofahs, cabbages and peppers.
The sun climbed higher and higher.
It started to make people feel warm.
As soon as Lin Yiyi woke up, she found Zhao Sheng sleeping next to her. He has always been a person who goes to bed early and gets up early.
If he is still sleeping at this time, he must have stayed up late. I don’t want to disturb him.
Lin Yiyi lay with him for a while before getting up and getting dressed. She moved very slowly and gently as she covered the man with the quilt.
He took the washbasin and went out of the house.
Seeing her cousin's wife drying quilts in the yard, Lin Yiyi smiled.
Before she could say anything, Tian Meiling took the enamel basin from her hand and went to the kitchen to get her some hot water.
Then he brought out breakfast and placed it on the dining table in his son's room.
Da Mao and Er Mao's room is actually a living room, which is quite spacious and is divided into two rooms, the outside is the living room and the inside is the bedroom.
After breakfast, Lin Yiyi learned from her cousin's wife that Zhao Sheng had returned in the morning and brought back several kilograms of pork and pork bones.
Plus a pheasant that kept having diarrhea.
Estimating the time, Tian Meiling began to cook the bone soup. After cooking for more than half an hour, her husband Zhao Jun came back with lunch.
He had already eaten in the cafeteria and brought back food for his wife and son.
I also paid for another meal for my sister-in-law to buy food for the staff in the canteen.
This was something his cousin had discussed with him, and he would use his position as a canteen employee to bring three meals a day to Lin Yiyi.
Each meal cost two cents plus two taels of food coupons.
It was 60 cents plus 6 taels of food coupons a day.
Zhao Sheng gave him 20 yuan and 20 kilograms of food coupons every month.
The food he brought for his sister-in-law was packed according to two people's portions. At least four lunch boxes were filled for each meal, and a few steamed buns and pancakes were also brought.
He carried a shoulder bag on his back as he was afraid that carrying too much in a net bag would attract attention.
In his hand, he was only holding a net bag containing two lunch boxes.
Lin Yiyi sat in the yard basking in the sun, watching her cousin come back with lunch, and felt that she had slept too long.
I just finished breakfast and I have to eat lunch before I can digest it.
At noon, Da Mao and Er Mao also came back from school, because Ze County Primary School was not far from here, only a dozen minutes' walk.
As soon as they got home, they started talking about interesting things that happened at school, even though Da Mao and Er Mao grew up in the countryside.
But I'm not stage fright at all.
But what was unexpected was that there was another person who came back with the two brothers.
Tian Meiling's cousin Tian Meihui.
Zhao Sheng didn't get up, so Lin Yiyi wasn't hungry.
The awkward lunch situation was temporarily avoided.
Tian Meihui knew that her cousin had moved to the city and this was the only relative she knew there, so naturally she had to come over to see her and get to know the family.
Who knew that I would see that lesbian in the yard.
She lives here, what about him?
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